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Seriously, the older I get the more I look forward to Resting in Peace. No more taxes, no more mortgage or rent, no more bills, etc. I'm not trying to hurry the

Seriously, the older I get the more I look forward to Resting in Peace. No more taxes, no more mortgage or rent, no more bills, etc. I'm not trying to hurry the process, but I'm not going to be sad when my time is up.

boc 4y ago
Least depressed HN user. But seriously, life should be fun. If it's not I'd encourage you to think about how you can make a change, even if it's just your mindset.
- wwwhizz 4y ago
  I'm not depressed in the slightest myself, but I just don't see why we try to keep all people alive, all the time, at all cost. Yes, I'm exaggerating a bit, but at some point life ends, and I'm fine with that. If I have had a nice length of life (lets say something like 70 years), and am no longer happy, healthy or capable of taking care of myself, don't save me next time I need saving (in order to live longer).
  - cj 4y ago
    (You may already know this) but at least in the US, it's common for older patients to put a DNR (do not resuscitate) order on their medical file, making it so life saving measures won't be taken near/at end of life. Most commonly this means that CPR can't be performed.
ChicagoBoy11 4y ago
I hope you get a chance to look back on this comment and maybe see it as a call to add things in your life that would make you no longer agree with. Granter, for the vast majority of us there are a lot of these less-than-desirable things that we all need to deal which, at any given time, may even occupy an overwhelming portion of our time. And, the more we age, the more we are bound to have more and more of those But, I'd argue that should be a call for you to be even more intentional about adding more joy, beauty, and real, meaningful pleasure into your life. Those are the things we most easily give up, and if we're not careful we're bound to have little of it around.
inglor_cz 4y ago
"but I'm not going to be sad when my time is up." Depends on the manner of your exit. You may not be blessed with a merciful swift stroke in your sleep. Some ways of dying (like ALS) are absolutely horrible and I am sure that in the concoction of emotions that the victim feels, sadness is a significant component. Regardless of what they imagined when they were 40 and death was still a distant event.
- irrational 4y ago
  I'm way way older than 40, but the side of the family I most take after has a genetic history of living into our 100s with no significant illnesses. My great grandfather lived until he was 103 and was perfectly healthy in all ways until 2 weeks before he died when very quickly his body shut down and he passed away. No illnesses, just pure old age. His daughter, my grandmother, will be celebrating her 100th birthday soon. She still drives, walks without assistance, lives alone in her own home, etc. I'm not exactly a spring chicken, but I have zero health issues. I don't even ever have headaches. So, most likely I'll avoid the terrible deaths. Here's hoping.
  - inglor_cz 4y ago
    In that case I understand your position much better than before. This is quite an enviable situation to be in.
kiba 4y ago
These are all the result of the socioeconomic and political systems you live in. It is not inevitable to living. Plus, aging will reduce the quality of life you have.
the__alchemist 4y ago
I'm curious if you'll still hold this attitude when death appears larger than a dot on the horizon.
aeternum 4y ago
This is such a strange take. If there were some disease that started killing people quickly when they reach 35, we would consider it such a tragedy. Yet we have this disease, it's called aging, and it just takes awhile to kill people. For some reason it is considered by many to be normal and good.

boc 4y ago

Least depressed HN user. But seriously, life should be fun. If it's not I'd encourage you to think about how you can make a change, even if it's just your mindset.

wwwhizz 4y ago
I'm not depressed in the slightest myself, but I just don't see why we try to keep all people alive, all the time, at all cost. Yes, I'm exaggerating a bit, but at some point life ends, and I'm fine with that. If I have had a nice length of life (lets say something like 70 years), and am no longer happy, healthy or capable of taking care of myself, don't save me next time I need saving (in order to live longer).
- cj 4y ago
  (You may already know this) but at least in the US, it's common for older patients to put a DNR (do not resuscitate) order on their medical file, making it so life saving measures won't be taken near/at end of life. Most commonly this means that CPR can't be performed.

ChicagoBoy11 4y ago

I hope you get a chance to look back on this comment and maybe see it as a call to add things in your life that would make you no longer agree with. Granter, for the vast majority of us there are a lot of these less-than-desirable things that we all need to deal which, at any given time, may even occupy an overwhelming portion of our time. And, the more we age, the more we are bound to have more and more of those But, I'd argue that should be a call for you to be even more intentional about adding more joy, beauty, and real, meaningful pleasure into your life. Those are the things we most easily give up, and if we're not careful we're bound to have little of it around.

inglor_cz 4y ago

"but I'm not going to be sad when my time is up." Depends on the manner of your exit. You may not be blessed with a merciful swift stroke in your sleep. Some ways of dying (like ALS) are absolutely horrible and I am sure that in the concoction of emotions that the victim feels, sadness is a significant component. Regardless of what they imagined when they were 40 and death was still a distant event.

irrational 4y ago
I'm way way older than 40, but the side of the family I most take after has a genetic history of living into our 100s with no significant illnesses. My great grandfather lived until he was 103 and was perfectly healthy in all ways until 2 weeks before he died when very quickly his body shut down and he passed away. No illnesses, just pure old age. His daughter, my grandmother, will be celebrating her 100th birthday soon. She still drives, walks without assistance, lives alone in her own home, etc. I'm not exactly a spring chicken, but I have zero health issues. I don't even ever have headaches. So, most likely I'll avoid the terrible deaths. Here's hoping.
- inglor_cz 4y ago
  In that case I understand your position much better than before. This is quite an enviable situation to be in.

kiba 4y ago

These are all the result of the socioeconomic and political systems you live in. It is not inevitable to living. Plus, aging will reduce the quality of life you have.

the__alchemist 4y ago

I'm curious if you'll still hold this attitude when death appears larger than a dot on the horizon.

aeternum 4y ago

This is such a strange take. If there were some disease that started killing people quickly when they reach 35, we would consider it such a tragedy. Yet we have this disease, it's called aging, and it just takes awhile to kill people. For some reason it is considered by many to be normal and good.